• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    cynical conservative bread and circuses propaganda

    It’s not “conservatives,” it’s mainstream media in general. Mainstream media lives and dies by viewership/readership, and the thing that sells clicks/views the most is drama. Age related drama is timeless and relatively easy pickings, because it doesn’t really matter what you say about a given generation, a number of people will identify with it, a number will disagree, and everyone seems to have an opinion.

    It’s incredibly stupid and a big reason why I generally avoid mainstream media, except for coverage of important regional, national, and international news.